Elementary school teacher · Flint, MI
Elementary school teacher in Flint: $1,454/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Flint at $65,620 a year. About 1,340 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.11). The 10th percentile is $47,130 and the 90th is $90,240. Pay ranks 127th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($887/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,454 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 203 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,454
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$65,620
$47,130 to $90,240
Rent (1 bd)
$887
$1,056 (2 bd)
Employment
1,340
Location quotient 1.11
Pay rank
127th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $65,620.
- Taxes$1,190
- Rent$887
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$1,454
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,620
- Federal income tax
- −$6,050
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,020
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,551
- City / county wage tax
- −$656
- Take-home pay
- $51,343
- Effective tax rate
- 21.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $887
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,825
Left over each month
$5,468 gross, minus $1,190 in tax and $2,825 in living costs.
$1,454
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Canton, $2,322/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Flint?
$65,620 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,340 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Flint?
$1,454 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $887, and pay covers 6.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 203 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Flint.